Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-21
DAILY HERALD.
PASADENA.
A lilorious Future for That
City.

anu OtnerS. GfeaC enterprise Is so
much of an everyday affair among us
that nothing seems to be gigantic
enough to possess something of an ex-
citing nature whatever, and still there
are wonderful things going on in our
midst. If we only stop for moment
to think how much other places,
in any part of the world, OF
the age and size of Pasadena,
perform in the way of public and pri-
vate improvements, we cannot help
admiring ourselves. The great amount
OF capital possessed by our citizens
seems hardly ample to balance their
energy and capacity. Nothing is left
unturned which might prove beneficial
to the investor and to our country.
Millions of dollars are employed to
convert our home into the most won
derful garden that human eyes ever
beheld since Eden. Not only the1
luxurious and diversified vegetation,
ornamental and useful, of southern
climate, will call forth the admiration
of the traveller, but also the numerous
and varied means of transportation.
After the many railroad projects are
once carried out, We may righteously
claim to be the most interesting little
city of the world. The great trunk
lines connect us with all parts of the
Union and the neighboring countries,
and the several local roads provide
us with ample means of provincial
travel. Mighty currents of electricity,
in connection with steam power, make
the distance from the great ocean
to the top of a grand mountain
chain dwindle away. A bath in the
vigorous sea can Immediately be fol-
lowed by one in mild and blessing
sunshine; soon afterwards we pass
through the lowering clouds to land
at the top of mountain that COM
mands one of the grandest sights to
be witnessed. Motor and cable roads
and street railways make the many
little and the larger towns, one grand
city, each claiming its peculiarities.
Thus the traveller is afforded great
display in scenery and all kinds of eli
mate. There is nothing in his de-
sire which he could not somewhere
satisfy, and many things he could
only see when with us.
These facts will be spread all over
the world in short period without
direct and special efforts from our
selves. and we must therefore prepare
ourselves to fully meet the demands
and expectations of the traveller from
abroad, right at home.
Our improvements must be pushed
with zeal. The city in itself must
lack for nothing. We must appear
proper wherever a strangers eve
may touch. Our streets must be
nicely graded and provided with eff
-cient cutters to carry off the storm
waters. The weeds now growing
alongside many sidewalks mnst be
rooted out, the sidewelks themselves
ought to be kept clean. The rubbish
left on the streets or at the sites of
, new buildings ought in every instance
to be properly removed by the con-
tractor, and parties making contracts
for improvements should not only
make cleansing up part of their
agreements, but should see that the
contractor adheres to his promises
in the broadest sense of the term.
When necessary the Superintendent
of Streets should clean the streets by
broom, shovel and cart, thus avoiding
unpleasant odors arising from offals
now allowed to undergo putrefaction in
the streets. The appearance of the
streets reflects greatly upon the char
acter of the municipality, and We
must become recognized as the neat
est citizens living.
Having everything on the ground in
a pleasant shape, we mtist not forget
to provide our homes with the means
which make them healthful abodes.
Without this we will soon be deserted
by our good reputation, and having
lost it, we have lost everything. Re-
move all injurious substances from
your house as rapidly as you can; it
is the only assurance of permanent
good health.
We must at all events secure, there
fore, a perfect system of sewerage, the
construction for which the city author
tiles ask now your consent. We
lieve that every citizen realizes the
grave necessity and vital importance
of drainage and hope that no
vote will be cast against the PROPOSE
ton. The amount Of money asked for
is so little, indeed, if one pauses for
moment to think OF our large deals
in real estate, and other property, and
the vast undertakings of outside cor
porations, and last, but not least, of
the great and profitable future which
this work will inaugurate, that common
sense must censure all oppositions as
treacherous to our interests. Defeat
this measure if you wish to destroy
your own self-aid it ii you desire your
welfare!
To outside parties, who have given
their signal to fight us in the execution
OF our commendable work, for fear of
becoming injured by it, we desire to
say that we like to convince them
peacably OF their erroneous position.
We do not stand isolated in our enter
prise and in overcoming just such diff
ficulties, as those parties are reported
to prepare, but know of precedents,
which show that we must be victorious
in possible strife. Every party,
however, should bear in mind, that
nothing will hurt Pasadena, that will
not hurt them.
All difficulties, we trust, can be
overcome by fair and square reason
ing; nothing will be left untried ON
our part to satisfy all who are opposed
to the work. Nothing promotes the
welfare of community more than the
harmonious action of all who are con-
cerned; quarrels inherit serious conse-
quences.
We have made the first step towards
a decisive and absolute establishment
of Pasadena's renown, we must not 90
backwards and fail. The well-informed
persons of America know of our
efforts, (our sewerage question has
appeared in all sanitary journals in
the United States), and we cannot
afford to report defeat. If we de-
sire the world to visit and admire
us let us offer it the first thing it de-
nanda-safatv AGAINST traacharouo